To the throne ... - The meaning is thought to be “the men of Gibeon and Mizpah, who, though they worked for Nehemiah, were not unde…

To the throne. — To the seat of the governor of the whole district on this side of the Euphrates: his residence when he c…

And next unto them repaired Melatiah the Gibeonite, and Jadon
the Meronothite, the men of Gibeon and Miz…

The work was divided so that everyone might know what they had to do and attend to it, with a desire to excel, yet without contention or separate i…